{"id":1277,"date":"2020-02-22T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/the-dale\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2020-02-22T03:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T08:00:31","slug":"checkmate-by-gregory-d-francis-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/the-dale\/2020\/02\/22\/checkmate-by-gregory-d-francis-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"“Checkmate” by Gregory D. Francis Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Checkmate” by Gregory D. Francis Jr. (Photo: Ready Elements)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

The playing field was level,<\/h4>\n

the two masterminds shared the floor.<\/h4>\n

One, two, the men scaled the tile.<\/h4>\n

Blood ready to be shed.<\/h4>\n

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Clear to advance, the fighters zagged to freedom.<\/h4>\n

Dying in pride, as the darkness claimed the floor.<\/h4>\n

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The Elegant Queen was not so elegant anymore.<\/h4>\n

Once beautiful and soft, now bloodthirsty.<\/h4>\n

As if tainted with white phosphorous.<\/h4>\n

Deadly and lethal, ready to protect her king.<\/h4>\n

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“Oorah! Oorah!”, the darkness cried.<\/h4>\n

The empire shall exist no more.<\/h4>\n

The puny defenseless king surrounded.<\/h4>\n

Checkmate.<\/h4>\n

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